Kurtis MacDermid isn’t hard to find. He stands 6-foot-5 – without skates – and looks every bit of his 239 pounds. Physically, that’s not even where it ends for the Kings defenseman. “Fitness-wise, I’m not sure he can improve any more,” Kings coach John Stevens said. “He’s gone off the charts in terms of what he can control to get...

It’s no shock that a federal investigation has resulted in multiple fraud and corruption charges against assistant coaches, financial advisers and shoe executives. It would be far more surprising if it stopped here.

EL SEGUNDO — Marian Gaborik described the unspecified surgery on his left knee in April as a “pretty major procedure” when speaking to reporters on Wednesday for the first time since the operation. The 35-year-old Kings winger, who has missed 54 games over the last two seasons, did allow that two problems with his knee were addressed in the same...